[KwartzLab] pumpkins for Hacky Halloween

[Jeff Schmidt]

This idea is packed full of WIN, with a side of AWESOME.


- Jeff




>________________________________
>From: Seth Hardy <shardy at asymptotic.ca>
>To: KwartzLab Public Discussion List <discuss at kwartzlab.ca>
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:17:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [KwartzLab] pumpkins for Hacky Halloween
>
>
>you could have a trebuchet-building competition the week afterwards as a way to use the extra pumpkins.
>
>
>
>On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Robert Gissing <rgissing at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>What do we do with all the pumpkin gouk?  200 pumpkins makes a very large mess.  If the pumpkin supplier does not take tje rest back for refund we can take the unused ones to tje composyers at the dump.  I don't think it's right to take pumpkins back to supplier Without a refund so that he can resell them the next day.  Or we give the umused onrs to foodbank Who can give them away topeka want to carve them.
>>Gus
>>On Sep 22, 2011 10:21 AM, "Jeff Schmidt" <digitalfalcon at rogers.com> wrote:
>>> So just to clarify, this is for the people who don't bring their own pumpkin?  Or for everyone?
>>> 
>>> Also, regarding the saws - I wasn't able to come out on Tuesday so I don't know what was discussed.  But I suggest one blade per pumpkin plus about 20% extra to account for breakage.  People could then take the blades home with them.  It's definitely best to buy them online.  I can get one gross (144 blades) for $50.  That is for big, thick blades that are unlikely to break.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> There's also no need to use patterns - people could draw their own patterns and then "trace" the lines with the saw.
>>> 
>>> - Jeff
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>________________________________
>>>>From: doug moen <doug at moens.org>
>>>>To: KwartzLab Public Discussion List <discuss at kwartzlab.ca>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:10:01 AM
>>>>Subject: [KwartzLab] pumpkins for Hacky Halloween
>>>>
>>>>I talked to the guy at Nauman's farm.  Their best offer is this:
>>>>* Early on Saturday Oct 29: get a pickup truck from a rental agency.
>>>>* 9am on Saturday, we show up at the farm with the truck, they load
>>>>us up with pumpkins.  We pay for all the pumpkins (half price).
>>>>* After the event, before they close, we bring back any pumpkins we
>>>>didn't use, and they dispose of them.  No refunds, but they don't
>>>>charge us for accepting waste, either, and they help us unload.
>>>>
>>>>They charge for pumpkins based on size. The smallest pumpkin that is
>>>>easy to carve is $4.  The $5 pumpkin looks like a reasonable size (not
>>>>too small or large).  So 100 $5 pumpkins will cost $250.  We let them
>>>>know in advance how many pumpkins of what size we will need, and they
>>>>ensure that those pumpkins are available and waiting for us when we
>>>>show up.
>>>>
>>>>That's a completely workable plan. It requires $250 for pumpkins
>>>>(unless we get < 100), plus truck rental, plus it's a full day's work
>>>>for at least one volunteer.
>>>>
>>>>I'm not sure that we'll find a pumpkin farm desperate enough to
>>>>dedicate a truck and a worker to spend a day at our event in exchange
>>>>for the opportunity to sell 100 pumpkins, on what is probably a very
>>>>busy day for pumpkin sales.  (The dynamics change if we hold the event
>>>>at a pumpkin farm, but I'm not pursuing that idea.)
>>>>
>>>>However, I will continue talking to pumpkin farms to see if there is a
>>>>better deal out there.
>>>>
>>>>Doug.
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>Discuss mailing list
>>>>Discuss at kwartzlab.ca
>>>>http://kwartzlab.ca/mailman/listinfo/discuss_kwartzlab.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Discuss mailing list
>>Discuss at kwartzlab.ca
>>http://kwartzlab.ca/mailman/listinfo/discuss_kwartzlab.ca
>>
>>
>
>
>
>-- 
>seth hardy
>shardy at asymptotic.ca
>647/890.1452
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Discuss mailing list
>Discuss at kwartzlab.ca
>http://kwartzlab.ca/mailman/listinfo/discuss_kwartzlab.ca
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://kwartzlab.ca/pipermail/discuss_kwartzlab.ca/attachments/20110922/08986fed/attachment.html>